History of the Thirty-seventh Regiment, Mass., Volunteers, in the civil war of 1861-1865, with a comprehensive sketch of the doings of Massachusetts as a state, and of the principal campaigns of the war, Part 42

Author: Bowen, James L. (James Lorenzo), 1842-1919
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Holyoke, Mass., New York, C.W. Bryan & Company
Number of Pages: 974


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INDEX.


Camp Sedgwick, 257.


" Carleton," quotations from, 305, 309.


Catoctin Mts., 77, 194, 361, 368. Cedar Creek, 371, 387; battle of, 3:8 et seq. Cedar Mountain, battle of, 34. Chalmers, Lieut. J. C., 103, 244, 281, 383.


Chambersburg, burning of, 366.


Champney, Lieut. J. A., 207; Capt., 377, 383, 412.


Chancellorsville, battle of, 141 et seq.


Chandley, Lieut. G. B., 126; Capt., 406.


Chantilly, battle of, 36; the field, 165, 224.


Chapin, Sergt. G. D., 216.


Charlestown, Va., 370; skirmish at, 372.


Cherry Run, march to, 86.


Chickahominy, crossing the, 33S.


Chickamauga, battle of, 247.


Christian Commission, 50, 122, 25S, 805, 345, 383.


Cochrane, Gen. J., S3.


Cold Harbor, 326: march to, 329; battle of, 328 et seq.


Colored regiments, 54.


Colt, Adjt. T. G., 64, 166; Capt., 351, 385, 428.


Company A, 63, 196. Company B, 61, 63. Company C, 61, 63, 218, 371.


Company D, 61, 63, 122, 153, 156, 221.


Company E, 63, 86, 125, 216, 363, 411, 412.


Company F, 61, 63, 65, 86, 153, 221, 28.


Company G. 61, 63, 65, 196, 218, 221. 228, 803, 371.


Company II, 61, 63, 154.


Company I, 63, 196, 412, Company K, 62. 63, 427 Confederacy organized, 18. Cook, Ansel R., 411. Cooke. Lieut. Geo. E., 266, 297.


Corinth, battle of, 128.


Corps badges and flags, 136.


Couch, Gen. D. N .. S3. 104, 135, 168. Cowles, Sergt. E. P., 417.


Crehore, Surg. C. P., 385. Crook, Gen., 270, 347, 362. Crumps Mills, 325.


Cushman, Lieut. H. A., 407, 410, 411, 421, 42S.


D.


Dabney's Mills, battle at, 401. Danville, eamp at, 423.


Davis, Jefferson, made president, 18; captured, 425.


Declaration of war, 22.


Desertions, 116, 134, 222, 361, Con- federate. 102,


Devens, Gen. Charles, 26, 50, 83, 108, 113, 130, 139. 143, 328, 351. Dix, Gen. John A., 211.


Dodge, Q. M. Daniel J., 60, 61, 125. Donaldson, Lieut. D. M., 384, 410. Donnelly, Capt. Hugh, 66, 265, 334, 380, 396-7, 106.


Dooley, Capt. Peter, 125.


Downsville, camp near, 81, SS.


Draft riot in Boston, 56; in New York, 208. Dress parade in New York, 218. Drewry's Bluff, battle of, 328.


E.


Early, Gen. J. A., raid of, 34 ;; threatens Washington. 350; final defeat of, 391. Eddy, Samuel E., 418. Edwards, Lieut. C. L., 64, 259; Capt., 266, 410, 417.


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Edwards, Major Oliver, 60; Col., 64, 71, 93, 114, 150, 186, 214, 217, 220; commands brigade, 290, 352, 357, 376; at Winchester, 382, 897; rejoins brigade, 406; 412, 416; Gen., 42S.


Eighth Mass., 20, 49. Ellsworth, Col., 24. Emancipation proclamation, 116. Eustis, Col. H. L., S3, 150; Gen., 268, 200.


F.


Fair Oaks, battle of, 31. Fair View, Md., S5.


Falmouth, camp near. 115.


Field, Color Sergt. J. W., 279.


Fifth Wis., 212, 220, 410.


Final Petersburg, battle of, 410. Fisher's Hill, battle of, 386. Five Forks, battle of, 409.


Flagg, Capt. A. S., 122, 154, 266. Follansbee, Lient. J .. 266, 297.


Fort Fisher, 400. battle of, 40S. Fort Hamilton, camp at, 215.


Fort Steadman, capture of, 408.


Fort Stevens, battle of, 351.


Fort Wadsworth, camp near, 398. Forty-second Mass., 1:1.


. Forty-sixth Mass., 197. Fourth Mass., 20, 49. Franklin, battle of, 394.


Franklin, Gen. W. B., 30, 40, 83, 104, 110, 350. Frederick, Md., 76.


Fredericksburg, field at, 105; battle of, 110; scenes in, 146, 303; hos- pitals at, 304 et seq. Fuller, Lient. J. M., 125. Funkstown, skirmish at, 195.


G.


Gaffney, Prin. Mus. John, 64, 218. Gaines Mills, battle of, 82. Gainesville, battle of, 35.


Georgia, march through, 303.


Getty, Gen. George W., 82, 268, 274.


Gettysburg, march to, 171 et seq .; battle of, 177 et scy.


Goodrich, Lieut. A. E., 60; Lieut. Col., 64, 125.


Grant, Gen. U. S., 127, 131, 249; Lieut. Gen., 265.


Gray, Lieut. F. E., 125, 244, 381; Capt., 407, 410.


Gray, Lient. R. A., 201, 383.


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Halleck, Gen., 33, 36, 127, 168, 223, 897.


Halltown, Va., 367, 373.


Hancock, Gen. W. S., S2, 111, 168, 179, 190, 267, 273, 344, 401.


Hancock, Md., march to, 84.


Hanover Court House, 51.


Harlow, Lieut. Col. F. P., 148, 316, 336.


Harper's Ferry, 20, 37, 168, 367, 370, 397.


Harrigan, Lient. M., 126, 24-4.


Harris, Lieut. E. W., 103. 201, 381. Hatcher's Run, affair at, 404 et seq. Hayden, Capt. J. L., 71, 224, 275, 384.


Hooker, Gen. Joseph, 29, 31, 35. 40, 82, 104, 111, 134 et seq., 168, 226, 252, 303.


Ilooker, Sergt. E. D., 378.


Hopkins, Capt. A., 70, 878, 498, 410, 418, 420.


Ilospital scenes, 299 et seq. Howard, Gen. O. O., 135, 178. Howe, Gen. A. P., 83, 104. Hudson, N. Y., reception at, 69, 120 Inuter, Gen. David, 318. 268. Hurlburt, Captain E., 103. Ilyde, Lient. G. II., 125; Capt. 386.


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I.


Inches, Dr. Charles E., 422. Incidents and anecdotes, 78, 85, 87, 91, 100, 145, 157, 170, 226, 234, 402. Iuka, battle of, 128.


J.


Jackson, "Stonewall," 31, 34, 36, 142. James River, crossing the, 339. Jerusalem road, 345.


Jetersville, 414.


Johns, Col. T. D., 136, 147.


Johnston, surrender of, 428.


Jones, Lieut. George N., 125, 244, 334; Capt. 407.


K.


Kelley, Capt. J. P., 201. Kelly's Ford, 234.


. Kentucky, events in, 20.


Killed and wounded, 112, 154, 187, 275, 280, 287, 318, 320, 330, 334, 343, 373, 381, 410-11, 421.


Kilpatrick, Gen., raid of, 262.


L.


Lawton, Dr. T. C., 266. Lee, Col. W. R., 60.


Lee, Gen. Custis, brigade of, 417; captured, 419.


Lec, Gen. R. E., 31; invades Mary- land, 37, 41; retreats from Peters- burg, 413; surrenders, 421.


Leonard, Sergt. Edwin, 342. Lincoln, Abraham, election of. 17; inaugurated, 18; official acts, 19, 33, 51, 58, 206, 369; review by, 138; incidents of, 351-2, 356; re- elected, 395; assassinated, 422. Lincoln, Capt. R. P., 103, 279, 281, 237; Major, 386, 403; Lieut. Col., 407.


Lookout Mountain, battle of, 253.


Loomis, Lieut. J. A., 64, 125, 151, 161, 201, 216; Capt., 320, 363, 378, 385.


Lowell, Gen. C. R., Jr., 300.


M.


Madison Court House, march to, 203.


Malvern Hill, battle of, 31.


Manchester, Md., bivouac at. 130.


Manchester, Va., eamp at, 426.


Marye's Ifights, 105, 110; battle of, 140 et seq.


Massachusetts Congressmen, 47; ministers abroad, 47.


Massachusetts soldiers, 51 et seq. McClellan, Gen. G. B., 24, 26, 28 et seq., 36, 94, 395.


Meade, Gen. George G., 82, 110, 135, 168, 177, 315.


Mechanicsville, battle of, 32.


Medals of Honor, 411, 420.


Merrimac, the, 21, 28, 30.


Militia of Massachusetts, 4S.


Mine Run campaign, 236,


Missionary Ridge, battle of, 254.


Missouri, events in, 130.


Monocacy, battle of the, 350; camp on the, 369.


Montague, Capt. George L., 65: Major, 64; Lieut. Col., 125, 150. 212; commands regiment, 200; brevet Col., 296; wounded. 297; return of, 336; 358, 363, 371, 376, 379, 382, 396; resigns, 407.


Moody, Capt. M. T., 66; Major, 244, 280, 297, 383.


Morewood, Mrs., presents a flag, 66. Morgan, Lieut. P. W., 201. Morrill, Lient. W. C., 984, 407. Morse, Chaplain F. C., 66, 80, 93, 123, 242, 261, 802, 369, 853, 103, 416, 428.


Mud March, the, 11S et seq.


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Mulloy, Lieut. J. B., 66; Capt., 126, 220, 266. Murder of J. E. Bliss, 102. Musketry fire at Angle, 206. Muster in, 62.


N.


Nashville, battle of, 394. Naval operations, 27, 28. Neill, Gen. T. H., 268, 277. New Baltimore, 93, 229. New Hope Church, battle of, 392. Nowton, Gen. John, 104, 136, 181. New York, journey to, 212; service in, 217.


Nichols, Lieut. S. E., 384, 420.


Night marches, 85, 86, 141, 171, 193, 314, 316, 320, 324, 338, 347, 364.


Norfolk navy-yard, 21. North Anna, affair at, 321 et seq. 0.


O'Connor, Lieut. James, 384, 422. Opequan Creek, 570; battle of, 375 et seq. Ord, Gen., 27, 128, 409, 415.


P.


Pamunkey, crossing the, 325, 426. Parsons, Sergt. D. 11., 103. Paymaster, visits of, 100, 235, 370. Peake's Station, skirmish at, 325. Pease, Capt. F. W., 297, 353.


Peninsula, battles on, 31 et seq .; Grant crosses the, 337. Perryville, battle of, 128.


Petersburg, 339; battle of, 342; sur- render, 112. Phelps, Licut. Charles, 125, 214. Philadelphia. 70, 214, 223, 429. Pittstield, departure from, 69; re- turn to. B0. Plunkett, Lieut. T. F., Jr., 125. Political events, 200, 250.


Ponton bridges, laying of, 106, 140. Pope, Gen., 33-36, 127.


Port Hudson, 131, 204. Potomac River, crossing the, 167, 361, 365, 367, 368, 370.


Prickett, Lieut. Jesse, 351, 428. Promotions after muster out, 431. Property of U. S. seized, 18.


R.


Railroad accident, 70. Rapidan, crossing the, 236, 271.


Rappahannock, camp on, 100, 115; crossing, 108, 140, 154, 159. Rappahannock Station, battle of, 233.


Rations, 96, 170, 228, 321, 324, 344, 429.


Readville, final camp at, 430. Reams Station, 345, 400. Reed, Lieut. J. H., 386.


Religions services, etc., 79, 122, 200, 258, 271, 315, 318, 362, 404.


Reviews, 198, 230, 235, 426; at Rich- mond, 426; at Washington, 127. Reynolds, Gen. J. F., 104, 135, 178. Richmond, evacuation of, 413.


Ricketts, Gen. J. B., 82, 349, 363, ess.


Ritle-pits, constructing, 160, 191, 404.


Robinson, Capt. J. C., 244. 410, 428. Rockwood, Lieut. E. R., 383.


Rosćerans, Gen., 128, 205, 245. Roster of officers, 62; changes in, 103, 125, 201, 244, 265, 383, 422; the final, 428. Russell, Col. D. A., 83; Gen., 135, 232, 200, 352; killed, 378. S.


Sailor's Creek, battle of, 416, et seq. Salem Church, battle of, 150. Sanitary Commission, 56, 505, 311. 345, 383, 429.


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Savannah, capture of, 394. Sears, E. S., Q. M. S., 358. Secession of states, 17, 19. Second R. I., 83, 87, 108, 334, 380, 427.


Sedgwick, Gen. John, wounded, 40; 82, 135, 145, 152, 155, 176, 230, 239, 262, 267, 273, 270, 283, 287; death of,.2SS. Seventh Mass., 83, 147, 339. Shenandoah river, crossing the, 363.


Shenandoah Valley, 31, 86, 362, 366, 386; farewell to, 896.


Shepardson, Corp. William. 260, Sheridan, Gen. P. H., 255, 268; cav- alry raid, 326; takes command in Valley, 369; at Cedar Creek, 389; at Five Forks, 408; at Sailor's Creek, 416.


Sherman, Gen. W. T., 132, 204, 252, 269, 391, 422. .


Sickles, Gen. D. E., 195, 143, 182.


Sickness and death, 103, 116, 121, 123.


Sigel, Gen. Franz, 270, 347. Signal tower, 403. Sixth Corps organized. 30. Sixth Mass., 20. 49. Slocum, General H. W., S3, 135. Smith, Gen. W. F., 83, 104, 135, 328, 340.


Smith, Lieut. W. B., 64, 266, 354; Capt., 407, 421. Smoky Hill, 101. Snicker's Gap, 362. South Mountain, battle of, 38; crossing, 77. 89.


Sparks. Lient. A. C., 201, 297, 384. Spencer Riffe, the, 354 et seq., 363. 372, IS. 417.


Sports and pastimes, 61, 260, 406. Spottsylvania, march to, 285; battle of, 2ST.


Springfield, reception at, 430. Stafford Court House, 99. Statistics of Mass., 55. Stockwell, Lieut. J. W., 384, 406. Stone River, battle of, 129. Stuart, Gen. J. E. B., S4. Sumter, fall of Fort, 19. Sumner, Gen. E. V., 20, 40, 82, 104. Sumner, Senator Charles, 45. Surgeons' work, 301, 304.


T. .


Taggart, Charles A., 420. Taylor, Lieut. E. D., 385.


Taylor, Lieut. R. H., 384, 386. Taylor, Sergt. J. K., 373.


Telegrams, seizure of, 23.


Tennessee, events in, 20, 127. Tenth Mass., 80, 83, 343, 352. Tents furnished, 117.


Texas, events in, 20, 130.


Thanksgiving day, 99, 236. Third Mass., 20, 49.


Thirty-fourth Mass., 59. 963, 387.


Thirty-sixth N. Y., 83, 147, 151, 165.


Thomas, Gen., 130, 247, 394. Tracy, Sergt., C. II .. 41 ). Trent affair. the, 27.


Troops, calls for, 19, 23, 48. 51. 58.


Truce at Cold Harbor, 334.


Twenty-fifth Mass., 331.


Twenty-seventh Mass., 331. Twenty-third Mass .. 331.


Tyler, Capt. M. W., 125, 207, 996, 365, 381; Major, 407-8.


U.


Underwood, Gen. A. B., 251.


Upton, Col. Emory, 232, 268; Gen .. 352. 378-9. V. Vallandighan. C. L .. 207, 256. Vermont Brigade, 20, 152. 990, 841, 343.


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Veterans consolidated with 37th, 374. Vicksburg, 181, 202. Vincent, Lieut. A. H., S80.


Virginia, movements into, 24, 28, SS, 90, 199.


W.


Wadsworth, Gen. J. S., 267, 276, 278.


Wagon trains, 357 et seq.


Warner, Sergt. A. M., 216, 260, 420.


Warren, Gen. G. K., 182, 267, 273, 286.


Warren Station, camp near, 403. Warrenton, camp near, 200, 230; the town, 231.


Washington, scenes in and about, 23, 26, 72, 75, 351; return to, 365, 397; review at, 427.


Waterman, Lieut. W. A., 384, 407, 428.


Wanhatchie, battle of, 251. Weldon Railroad, capture of, 390, 403.


Wellman, Lieut. C. C., 103, 279, 384.


Wells, Col. G. D., 387.


West Virginia, events in, 20, 24. Wheaton, Col. Frank, 83; Gen., 136, 26S.


White, Corp. David, 420). White Plains, 92.


White, Surg. E. M., 266, 355. Wilderness, battle of, 272.


Willcox, Gen. O. B., 82, 104. Williamsburg, battle of, 29.


Williamsport, S8, 196.


Wilson, Senator Henry, 46. Wilson's Station, camp at, 425. Winchester, 371.


Winter quarters, 115, 121, 243. 398. Woman's work, incidents of, 57.


Wool. Gen. J. E., 21.


Worcester, camp at. 59.


Wright, Gen. II. G., 168, 232, 267: commands corps, 290, 319, 352; at Cedar Creek, 388.


Y.


Yellow Tavern, battle of, 327. Yorktown, siege of, 29.


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